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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Future tense in general decription
Hi there,
I was asked to describe my typical working day. It's undoubtly that I should use PRESENT SIMPLE, like:
In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. Then in the meeting he reviews our works.
However, I want to know if it is absolutely no problem to use 'will' to show the order of these sentences, like:
In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. In the meeting he will review our works.
I'm a little confused because in this situation, 'review our works' happens after some point which does not refer to a specific time(it is a typical working day in the past or future).
regards.
CF
I was asked to describe my typical working day. It's undoubtly that I should use PRESENT SIMPLE, like:
In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. Then in the meeting he reviews our works.
However, I want to know if it is absolutely no problem to use 'will' to show the order of these sentences, like:
In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. In the meeting he will review our works.
I'm a little confused because in this situation, 'review our works' happens after some point which does not refer to a specific time(it is a typical working day in the past or future).
regards.
CF
Top answer
In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. Then in the meeting he reviews our work . The tenses here are correct.
- In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting.
- Then in the meeting he reviews our work .
- The tenses here are correct.
- Events that typically happen are "timeless" and when you're writing about them you should use the present tense throughout.
- You should not switch tenses in an attempt to match the order in which the events happen.
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In the afternoon my boss normally holds a meeting. Then in the meeting he reviews our work.
The tenses here are correct. Events that typically happen are "timeless" and when you're writing about them you should use the present tense throughout. You should not switch tenses in an attempt to match the order in which the events happen.
It is possible to use "will" wh
The tenses here are correct. Events that typically happen are "timeless" and when you're writing about them you should use the present tense throughout. You should not switch tenses in an attempt to match the order in which the events happen.
It is possible to use "will" wh
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I don't know of any other language that interchange tenses the way English does. We use 'will' to express everyday actions, as you have here. We also use 'would' instead of 'used to' in the past. A non-native speaker has great problems in understanding the meanings, when a tense other than what is expected is used. This is especially difficult for students whose native languages don't even ha
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